HARSH MAHASETH
NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW, HYDERABAD, INDIA
(First Published on Volume 01 Issue 02, July 2016)
The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearean play which revolves around a loan taken by a Venetian Christian merchant, Antonio, from a Jewish money-lender, Shylock. A conditional agreement was made between both of them that Shylock was to extract a pound of Antonio’s flesh which is closest to his heart if he is unsuccessful in returning the loan amount on time.